1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 16 September 1962.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Michel Jazy
  France
Silver Witold Baran
  Poland
Bronze Tomás Salinger
  Czechoslovakia

Results edit

Final edit

16 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Michel Jazy   France 3:40.9
  Witold Baran   Poland 3:42.1
  Tomás Salinger   Czechoslovakia 3:42.2
4 Heinz Böthling   West Germany 3:42.7
5 Werner Krause   East Germany 3:43.8
6 Vasiliy Savinkov   Soviet Union 3:44.2
7 Henk Snepvangers   Netherlands 3:44.8
8 Mike Berisford   Great Britain 3:45.2
Harald Norpoth   West Germany DNF

Heats edit

14 September

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Heinz Böthling   West Germany 3:47.4 Q
2 Henk Snepvangers   Netherlands 3:47.5 Q
3 Mike Berisford   Great Britain 3:47.6 Q
4 Ivan Belitskiy   Soviet Union 3:48.3
5 Manuel de Oliveira   Portugal 3:48.8 NR
6 Georgios Mesimertzis   Greece 3:51.8

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Witold Baran   Poland 3:44.1 Q
2 Vasiliy Savinkov   Soviet Union 3:44.4 Q
3 Werner Krause   East Germany 3:44.8 Q
4 Simo Važić   Yugoslavia 3:45.5
5 György Kiss   Hungary 3:45.7
6 Jean Clausse   France 3:46.4
7 Muharrem Dalkılıç   Turkey 3:46.8
8 William Cornell   Great Britain 3:49.9
9 Hugo Walser   Liechtenstein 4:01.8

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Michel Jazy   France 3:47.7 Q
2 Harald Norpoth   West Germany 3:48.0 Q
3 Tomás Salinger   Czechoslovakia 3:48.0 Q
4 Peter Parsch   Hungary 3:48.4
5 Stan Taylor   Great Britain 3:49.9
6 Rudolf Klaban   Austria 3:50.0
7 Tomás Barris   Spain 3:50.0
8 Alfredo Rizzo   Italy 4:00.3

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014